Xanag

Greyhawk Divinity

Xanag
General information
Portfolio:	Metals, Beauty
Home:	Material Plane
Alignment:	Neutral
Gender:	Female
Superior:	Uvot
Rules items
Domains:	Creation, Domination, Earth, Fire

Xanag is the Touv goddess of Metals and Beauty. She represents the bounty of the earth transformed by fire (that is o say, metals) and the beauty of things made from it. Her holy symbol is a circle with seven lines radiating from it.

Description

Xanag is depicted as a Touv woman seemingly made of gold, surrounded by a radiant light. She is indifferent to questions of morality and easily distracted by the superficial.

Relationships

Xanag is the daughter of Nola and Uvot, combining her father Uvot's affinity with the land's bounty with the radiant light of her mother the sun. Xanag mated with stormy Vogan and birthed Kundo, god of noise, music, and the hardiness of building.

Realm

According to Sean K. Reynolds' "Scarlet Brotherhood FAQ," the Touv gods are spirits who dwell on Oerth itself rather than on other planes of existence.

Dogma

Xanag is indifferent to good and evil, valuing beauty, art, romance, and the superficial.

Worshipers

Clergy

Xanag's priests are workers of metal, or at least appreciate fine and beautiful craftsmanship. They teach metalsmithing and jewelry-making. Poets and lovers pray to Xanag, and priests of Xanag preside over marriage ceremonies. Their favored weapon is the short sword, and they may also wield the atl-atl, dagger, and spear. On ceremonial occasions they wear a gold helm that exposes the face but covers the cheekbones.

Myths and legends

The creation of the Handmaiden

It is said that Kundo, god of building, created the aquamarine moon the Touv call Koxanag to honor his mother, as well as another moon, Konola, to honor his grandmother Nola. Katay remarked on how the two moons spun, and recorded their movements on a great wheel given to him by Xanag.

Berna and Xanag

Meyanok sent his young forth to corrupt the elder gods. The misdeeds of Vara and Damaran will be discussed in their individual entries, but Berna, goddess of vendettas, was sent to torment Xanag, the goddess of metals and beauty. However, when confronted with the loveliness of her great-grandmother's second daughter, Berna paused with amazement. Berna realized that even she, the personification of all hatred, could not hate so beautiful a creature, and she threw herself at Xanag's feet, offering to kill herself to atone for her unworthy emotions. Xanag took pity on her strange grand-niece, and gave her a heart made from red gold. This heart transformed Berna from a spirit of dark passion to one that represented all powerful emotions, as well as the emotion of forgiveness. This enabled Berna to finally forgive herself.

Bibliography

• Conforti, Steven, ed. Living Greyhawk Official Listing of Deities for Use in the Campaign, version 2.0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2005. Available online:[1]

• Reynolds, Sean K. The Scarlet Brotherhood. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.

  Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Koxanag	Kingdom		Reference	SEE Celene, Kingdom of
Xanag (Touv)	Deity		The Scarlet Brotherhood	38-41, 51, 55